"Casting is 95% of directing a picture," Martin Scorsese says at the start of Casting By, an "outstanding (Maltin)", fascinating (NYT)" and "wildly entertaining"(Indiewire) look at an important and vastly under-appreciated craft that will never let you look at movies quite the same way again. Director Tom Donahue focuses his lens on the pioneering contributions of Casting Director Marion Dougherty whose keen eye and gut instincts almost singlehandedly created a profession from the ashes of a dying studio system and helped give birth to the golden era of the New Hollywood. "More than a must-see. It’s a brisk, breezy, enjoyable and often endearing experience." (Film School Rejects)

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